SAPS ordered to pay two women over R102,000 for extortion and unlawful detention

A full bench of judges in the North Gauteng High Court ordered police minister Bheki Cele to compensate two Pretoria women who were unlawfully detained after they were pulled over by unidentified police officers during patrol.Helga Muller and Yolandi Bell were driving in Centurion when they were pulled over by two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) on the night of April 27, 2017.Muller was the driver and Bell was a passenger.After being stopped, a female officer informed Muller that she was from Hammanskraal and that their police station, along with Lyttleton, were…